ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13581
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.
| Date: | Thursday 7 September 1972 |
| Time: | 21:41 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31 Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | Piper Acceptance Corporarion |
| Registration: | N9261Y |
| MSN: | 31-341 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Tupelo Regional Airport, Tupelo, Mississippi (TUP/KTUP) |
| Golden Triangle Regional Airport, Columbus, Mississippi (GTR/KGTR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 7 September 1972 when crashed near Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi. All 6 persons on board (pilot and five passengers) were killed. Cause attributed to loss of control for undetermined reason. The 67-year-old Pilot had severe coronary artery disease, but it could not be proved that he had experienced a heart attack whilst at the controls
Accident investigation:
|
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: MIA73AM026 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=66288&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=9261Y
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20161030130029/http://www.baaa-acro.com:80/1972/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-mississippi-6-killed/
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ms/N9261Y/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Apr-2015 20:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Sep-2017 19:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2019 17:45 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
Quick Links:
| ASN Home | Send Correction / Feedback |
| FSF Home | Disclaimer | Copyright |
| Contact Us | Privacy Policy |
| Press / Media |
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation